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Gas: EU, legal framework for Nord Stream 2 in next few days

Tue, 06/06/2017 - 15:48

(ANSA) - TRIESTE - A legal framework for the construction of
Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline will be introduced in the next few
days, in order to avoid a legal vacuum. The Eu Commission
spokesman Margaritis Schinas announced it on Tuesday after that
Donald Tusk, the president of the European Council, took a stand
against the planned pipeline between Russia and Germany.
According to Tusk, the pipeline is not in Eu's interest. The
Commission is a rule-based institution, Schinas answered, and
cannot take arbitrary decisions. The president of the Commission
Jean-Claude Juncker wrote a letter to the countries opposed to
the project, recalling that Nord Stream 2 must follow Eu rules
on environment and energy. (ANSA)

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